[Qgis-user] Line symbol behavior OR how to use chainage

[Nyall Dawson]

On 24 June 2015 at 05:37, Thomas Schweser <tschefski at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi Nyall,
>
> thanks for your reply. I found your solution in QGIS-Version 2.9.0-Master.
>
> kind regards

Hi Thomas,

So just to confirm, this option did what you're after?

Nyall


>
>
> Am 21.06.2015 um 00:50 schrieb Nyall Dawson:
>>
>> On 20 Jun 2015 20:46, "Thomas Schweser" <tschefski at gmx.de
>> <mailto:tschefski at gmx.de>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>> I'm using QGIS 2.6 on win 7.
>>> When editing a line element I used an Marker line with a Simple marker
>>> (vertical line). I can edit the interval i.g. 5000 mm. I thought this
>>> would be usefull for some kind of chainage - line element is an cable
>>> and it should have a chainage. But the problem is when zooming in the
>>> marker changes its geogrphical position. Position on monitor is somehow
>>> fix. Is there a way to change this behavior?
>>
>> I can't remember if I added it in 2.8 or 2.10, but there's an option
>> under the advanced menu for disabling this automatic line clipping to
>> the canvas extent. That should do what you want.
>>
>> You'll need to upgrade though!
>>
>> Nyall
>>>
>>> For my cable-chainage I found a plugin - chainage. Works fine but I
>>> didn't find a way to adjust the markers to my line element (the cable).
>>> The markers should be vertical to the line but the lable I like to have
>>> horizontal.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help!
>>>
>>> Thomas
>>>
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